_____Greatest and known photographers of present and past.

[Shtativ]

Hello!

Tell me about greatest and known landscape/nature photographers who photographed on b&w. Color photos also interesting! I shall be very glad, if you will be a reference on web-page.

Your opinion is important - this page will the textbook for young photographers!



Yours faithfully, Andrew Shtativ

[John Kasaian]

Greatness and fame (and even good photography) don't neccesarily go hand in hand.

[Colin Robertson]

LOL- hey, Frank, you have no idea how sorry I am I missed whatever it was you posted. Send it to me. By the way, a VERY happy new year to you and your family.

[John Kasaian]

Vittorio Sella, Bradford Washburn, and Frank Petronio :D for starters!

[Jay DeFehr]

Some of my personal favorites:

David Fokos

http://www.davidfokos.net/

John Wimberley

http://johnwimberleyphotography.com/intro.php

Richard Misrach

http://www.edelmangallery.com/misrach-main.htm

Jay

[Walter Calahan]

Great known to me is ME! Grin.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha.

Everyone slips their skirt on one leg at a time. Double grin.

[Michael Alpert]

Shtativ,

I understand that you do not know English well, so you are not expressing yourself fully. I cannot answer your question. You should look elsewhere for an answer to what I think is a sincere but naive inquiry. Some of the forum members who have replied previously are idiots who are addicted to the Internet. Pay no atttention to their drivel. They probably cannot shoot straight photographically or otherwise. They are mocking you. At the moment, I feel ashamed to be in any way associated with this forum.

[Frank Petronio]

Какой отвратительный чудище, что человек

Please pardon my Russian. But nobody is mocking you. SНекоторые люди не юмор.

[GPS]

Shtativ is getting his revenge - the above "Russian" is worst than any mistake done by Shtativ. "Some people not humor"... hmm. Some not even good sens...

[Ralph Barker]

Andrew, the "great" and well-known photographers are usually easy to find in the library and other common references. Sometimes, lesser-known photographers are equally interesting and inspirational. There have been a number of discussions on similar topics in this section ("On Photography") of the forum. Reading some of these past threads will likely turn up many good references.

If you are using the "Unified View" to read posts, you may find it easier to click on the Large Format Photography Forum (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/index.php) link at the upper left of the page, and then scroll down to the "On Photography" section.

[Ash]

If they're the greatest and known, you don't need their names. You already have em! ;)

[GPS]

In Russian "known" and "popular" is said with the same word. Shtativ therefore used the word "known" wanting to say "popular". Not difficult to figure out from his wording. There was a time when this forum had postings from a certain Russian military official, a very knowledgeable man and a very good English speaker.

[Jim Rice]

One of my all time favorite photographs is Ed Clark's "Going Home". I think he shot it with a Leica (i.e. not my style at all). But it has a purity of vision that I can only aspire toward.

[Shtativ]

Thanks for answers! Links is fantastic!
Excuse for my mistakes - I know English badly..
To tell the truth, I have not understood in what I was mistaken. I only guess - GPS right, that in Russian "known" and "popular" are spoken with identical sense.

[Eric Biggerstaff]

Shtativ,

No apologies needed, you are doing great at English! I wish I could speak some Russian!

Have a great day.

[Ralph Barker]

Another link you might find helpful is the Masters of Photography site (http://www.masters-of-photography.com/).

[Amund BLix Aaeng]

Not too often mentioned, but I really like the photographs John Wimberley (http://www.johnwimberleyphotography.com/) make. Great stuff.

[Brian C. Miller]

Personally, the best thing I recommend is not listening to other's opinions, but make up your own mind. Libraries are plentiful, and have plenty of books devoted to art. Go and enjoy some time in a library!

But the best thing to do is every morning, look in the mirror and say to yourself, "I am the greatest photographer in the world." Then when you make your photographs, think, "Is this photograph worthy of me?"

It works for Frank Petronio! ;)

[Bill_1856]

I can not speak to the rest of the world, but in the USA, until recently, there have been few famous landscape photographers. In the 19th Century there were William Henry Jackson and Timothy O'Sullivan, photographers for official expeditions into the great American West. (Most landscape work in those days was done by unknown photographers who made stereo views for companies like Underwood and Underwood.)
In the 20th Century Josf Muench was known for his work in "Arizona Highways," and of course Ansel Adams. There have been many great landscape photographers but, I think, no other famous ones.

[Jim Jones]

Also in the 19th century we had Eadweard Muybridge and Carleton Watkins. Muybridge, at his best, was an artist with a camera. Today John Sexton is a capable successor to Ansel Adams.